Disclosed is an audio reproduction apparatus for reproducing music information recorded on a digital disk. This apparatus includes a rotatable body, a detection section for detecting a rotational state of the rotatable body, and a processing section for processing the music information to be reproduced in accordance with the rotational state detected by the detection section.
Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. An audio reproduction apparatus for reproducing music information recorded on a digital disc, comprising: a motor for rotating said digital disc; a rotating device to be rotated arbitrarily by a user; detection means for detecting a rotational state of said rotating device, said rotational state including an amount of rotation and rotating direction; a reproducing means for reproducing music information recorded on the digital disc; and processing means for processing said music information reproduced by said reproducing means in accordance with said rotational state detected by said detection means, wherein said rotation device is a jog dial.
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July 6, 1999
June 10, 2003
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